Re: [Groff] GNU troff version 1.22.3

[Grégoire Babey]

Congratulations :o)

Will it be possible in a while to get the new version on Synaptic?
I'm not used tu compile myself.

Regards
Grégoire


Le mercredi 05 novembre 2014 à 09:15 +0100, Werner LEMBERG a écrit :
> groff 1.22.3 has been released.
> 
> It is available from
> 
>   http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/
> 
> and mirrors of that site (see list of mirror sites at
> http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html).  Current development snapshots are
> available from the git repository at
> 
>   https://savannah.gnu.org/git/?group=groff
> 
> 
> groff is the GNU implementation of troff, a document formatting system. 
> Included in this release are implementations of troff, pic, eqn, tbl, grn,
> refer, -man, -mdoc, -mom, and -ms macros, and drivers for PostScript, PDF,
> TeX DVI format, HP LaserJet 4 printers, Canon CAPSL printers, HTML and XHTML
> format (beta status), and typewriter-like devices.  Also included is a
> modified version of the Berkeley -me macros, the enhanced version gxditview
> of the X11 xditview previewer, and an implementation of the -mm macros.
> 
> See below for the relevant snippet from the NEWS file.
> 
> Please report bugs using the bug tracker available from the project
> page at
> 
>   https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/groff
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> 
>    Werner
> 
> 
> ======================================================================
> 
> 
> Gxditview
> ---------
> 
> o X11 resources for `gxditview', which were previously installed in
>   /usr/X11/lib/X11/app-defaults no matter which `prefix' was set, are
>   now installed in appresdir=$prefix/lib/X11/app-defaults.  If
>   `appresdir' is not a standard X11 resource directory, the environment
>   variable XFILESEARCHPATH should be set to this path.  The standard
>   default directories depends on the system `libXt'.  Common directories
>   include:
>  
>    /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults
>    /usr/share/X11/app-defaults
>    /etc/X11/app-defaults
> 
>   Note that if the option `--with-appresdir' is passed to `configure',
>   the `prefix' will not be added to `appresdir'.
> 
> 
> Glilypond
> ---------
> 
> o This new preprocessor (contributed by Bernd Warken) allows embedding of
>   code for GNU LilyPond (http://www.lilypond.org), a music typesetter.  The
>   data gets automatically processed and embedded as EPS images.
> 
> 
> Gperl
> -----
> 
> o Bernd Warken contributed a new preprocessor to handle Perl code that can
>   be evaluated and then processed by groff.
> 
> 
> Gpinyin
> -------
> 
> o Another preprocessor from Bernd Warken to pretty-print Pinyin syllables
>   like `guo2wang2' as `guówáng'.
> 
> 
> Pdfroff
> -------
> 
> o The pdfroff utility script now activates its `--no-toc-relocation' option
>   by default, unless a request similar to:
> 
>      .if !\n[PHASE] .tm pdfroff-option:set toc_relocation=enabled
> 
>   is invoked during input file processing; (`.if !\n[PHASE] ...' ensures
>   that the effect of the `.tm' request is restricted to the document setup
>   phase of processing, as pdfroff sets it to 1 or 2 in the output phase,
>   but leaves it unset in the setup phase).
> 
>   The bundled `spdf.tmac' macro package, which implicitly activates
>   `-mpdfmark' for `ms' macro users, ensures that TOC relocation is
>   appropriately enabled, when the `.TC' macro is invoked.
> 
> 
> Macro Packages
> --------------
> 
> o The -mom macro package now has full support for eqn, pic, and tbl, as well
>   as captioning and labelling of pdf images and preprocessor output.  Lists
>   of Figures, Equations, and Tables can now be autogenerated.  PDF_IMAGE has
>   a new FRAME option.
> 
> o A French introduction to the -me macro package has been added (file
>   `meintro_fr.me').
> 
> o In -mdoc, command %C is now available, providing a city or place
>   reference.